This study explores how digital technologies fundamentally redefine the concept of sculpture. Drawing on Rosalind Krauss’s notion of the Expanded Field and Lev Manovich’s principles of new media, it identifies three formative shifts: from matter to data, from fabrication to algorithm, and from object to experience. Through case studies of Osang Gwon, Je Baak, and Dasul Kim, the research demonstrates how these approaches manifest in practice, positioning data, algorithm, and experience as core sculptural languages. Ultimately, the paper proposes the concept of the Augmented Field, a hybrid framework where the virtual and the physical converge, extending Krauss’s original model to account for the conditions of digital sculpture in the contemporary era.
**This research was previously presented at The 2nd Special Workshop on Al Applications on August 25, 2025.

Kyunghee Park is an artist and researcher based in Seoul, specializing in digital sculpture, media art, and art engineering. She studied Fine Art at Seoul National University and the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, and received her MFA from the University of the Arts London. Currently, she is pursuing doctoral research at Chung-Ang University’s Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Sciences, Multimedia & Film, focusing on generative media art. Her work explores the transformation of sculpture in the digital age, investigating the shifts from matter to data, from fabrication to algorithm, and from object to experience.